An efficient approach to converting three-dimensional image data into highly accurate computational models

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1878, 2008, Pages 3155-3173

  Young, P G ^a   Beresford West, T B H ^a   Coward, S R L ^a   Notarberardino, B ^a   Walker, B ^b   Abdul Aziz, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Finite element; Finite volume; Image based meshing; Material characterization; Orthopaedics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESONANCE; SCAFFOLDS; SPEED; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BIO-SCAFFOLDS; BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS; CASE STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENTS; FINITE VOLUME; GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; HEAD IMPACT; IMAGE ACCURACY; IMAGE SIGNALS; IMAGE-BASED; IMAGE-BASED MESHING; MARCHING CUBES; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION; MATERIAL INHOMOGENEITY; MICRO-ARCHITECTURES; MICRO-CT; ORTHOPAEDICS; REALISTIC MODELING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

MESH GENERATION;

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; REVIEW; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 48349132341     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0090     Document Type: Review

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